DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Pull-Down Menus
Provide options for certain
fields. For example, the Bit Depth pull-down
provides choices for Any, 16-bit, or 24-bit.
Date and Time
Accepts date and time entries in a
variety of formats.
Time Code
Uses standard Pro Tools time code
entry shortcuts in hh:min:sec:frames.
Search Modifiers
Certain fields have small pull-down menus con-
taining
modifiers , which limit the search criteria
entered in the field.
Modifiers include:
• Equal to (=)
• Not Equal to (
!=
)
• Less Than (<)
• Greater Than (>)
• Less Than or Equal to (<=)
• Greater Than or Equal To (>=)
• Range (<…>)
About Range-Limited When enabled, a second
search field is added so that a range of two val-
ues can be entered (such as two dates). Pro Tools
finds all items that fall between or are equal to
those two values.
Wildcard Characters (* and ?)
An asterisk (*) can be entered at the beginning
or end of a text entry when you want to perform
wildcard searches. For example, if you want to
find all files with a name that ends with
scratch ,
you could enter *scratch in the Search field. This
finds files with names such as vocal.scratch , and
dialog2.scratch .
A question mark (?) can be used for single-char-
acter wildcards. For example, a search on
f?ee
finds free , and flee . A similar search on f*ee finds
frendlee , flippee , flee , free , and so on.
OR Searches
The Plus (+) and Minus (–) buttons add and de-
lete OR rows to find results that match the crite-
ria either in the top row or the additional rows.
To add and use OR rows in a search:
1
Click the (+) button to add an OR row identi-
cal to the upper row, but with no entries in the
search fields.
2
To add an additional OR row, click the Plus (+)
button again. (An empty OR row has no effect
on the search.)
3
Enter search criteria.
For example, to find all files named either Dog
or Bark:
• Type Dog in the first File Name field.
• Add an OR row.
• Type Bark in the second File Name field.
4
Click Search.
To remove OR rows:
„
Click the Minus (–) button to delete the bot-
tom OR row.
AND Searches
If you enter two or more words in a text field,
Pro Tools finds files that contain all of those
words. For example, if you type
Dog Bark , only
files that contain both the words Dog and Bark
are found.